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1) The base of the card is white, with the front portion having been punched with a Fleur de Lis border punch by EK Success. On the interior flap is a strip of Tear-ific tape burnished with Sangria Star Embossing Powder EP424 and heat set. The edges of the watercolored panel are heat set "distressed" with the same EP.

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What beautifully vibrant colours Donna and adore that beautiful background you have created.

I missed that you had a cold snap, never associate that with Florida but the whole world weather seems upside down the last year or two.

Thanks for your kind words about my Art Deco work and when you mentioned it I remembered we visited the district on one of your trips to Miami, strange how the memory dims and I needed that prod to remind me.

I had a Christmas Cactus like your pink one. It started as a cutting from one of my mum's plants. It grew really quickly and would give me flowers before, during and a little after Christmas. Last year it didn't flower and started to die off. Think it had just come to the end of it's life. I saw a white one in a shop the other day. usually you only see pinks and reds.

Hi De, what a beautiful colour on your card, cheers to you on a wonderful work of creativity. Love the strong colours which all look lovely together. Your Christmas Cactus is just stunning.... I have a few of these at home but nothing as vibrant as yours. Take care.xx{aNNie}

Oh my gosh, this is stunning, Donna!! Wow!!! I absolutely adore the background!! The colors are phenomenal!! I love how you added the sparkling wine dancing across the page :) The borders are beautiful!! And the wine glass is fabulous!! I love how you framed it!! Absolutely spectacular my friend!! I love everything about it!! Thank you so much for playing along at Scrapy Land!!

mmmmm grapie goodness! Love your card and all of your special and sparkly details! I love the Fleur de Lis theme running through it and how your wine glass shines and shimmers and is half full! I'm always optimistic! ;)

Donna this card is gorgeous and now I feel like a nice big glass of wine! I love how you did the wine glass, it looks real! The colors are so brilliant! Your Chrismtas Cactus looks beautiful! For some reason I can never keep them alive!

That card is drop dead gorgeous! Wonderful colors and I love all the dies, layers and shimmer effects you added to it. I also enjoyed the photos of your green beans and those pretty Christmas Cactus plants. I had one of those years ago but never replaced it after it died...not sure if I killed it somehow or what but it was an old, old plant when it met it's demise.

Gorgeous card design Donna, love the vibrant colours and sparkle on the fabulous background, beautiful border and ribbon.Enjoy your beans, those cacti are gorgeous, seen these white ones but never had one.Hugs Pam x

Very cool, I love what you have done with the embossing powder and the glitter and that background is just awesome!!I had heard you all had a freeze down there that is a bummer, how lovely to have a blooming plant this time of year, so Lovely!

Oh, Donna, I love it when you stamp! You're very good with the Brushos. It looks absolutely dreamy. The sprinkling of glitter across the background is what enchants me most of all, sigh. My Versamarker just up and dried out and I'd hardly used it. Hahahahaha, I laughed out loud at your lushes/luscious comment! Gorgeous Christmas cacti! I do have a white orchid in bloom. Crazy weather!

This is gorgeous Donna, such beautiful colours and fabulous background - a super card.My Christmas cacti must be very confused, they have already flowered and are completely finished already - yours are beautiful.Paulinex

I was just taking a sip of wine as I read your post title lol-fabulous card love the heat embossed glass and all the sparkle-my Christmas Cacti are the same as Paulines completely covered in flowers midsummer-finished and gone and not sure if it will flower next year as took me over a month to find the smallest caterpillar which has eaten all the new growth!!!Carol x

Hi again DE. The template is via mail, but it arrived here in Australia within two weeks I think so not bad. It is made of a sort of hard 'plastic' and has different sections where you draw around and cut out. Not like the cameo or dies, means a bit of work but love them...have several now...xx{aNNie}

What a gorgeous card Donna! I don't think the border gets lost at all, I think it is a wonderful accent piece that doesn't steal focus from your incredible background or fabulous image!! The colours are just amazing, and I do adore that wine glass image. Is it wrong that your card makes me crave some Wildberry Sangria!!! lol.

I didn't realize that you grew crops as well, how wonderful is that! Next summer, I should like to see some pics of that!! Your Christmas cacti is just beautiful, love the hot pink colours!

We finally got a couple of good frosts and we even had a couple of millimetres of snow, although it didn't last long. I ran quick as a bunny outside to grab some pics! They are saying more snow for Monday night, so keep your fingers crossed that I wake up to a Winter Wonderland Tuesday morning. sending hugs my friend :)

WOW the background so amazing Donna! The colors are so vibrant which really make the white border pop. And I love all the sparkles! Your card will put the recipient in a very happy celebration mood for sure.

Your green beans look so yummy! Our gardening ended way back in early October. The tomatoes didn't do too well this year but at least we got to enjoy plentiful of the green beans and cucumbers. And I love your Christmas cacti! So beautiful.

Your card is beautiful, Donna! I especially love the ribbon! The wine glass looks amazing with the glossy effect of the embossing powder! Sorry for the short comment but I am very behind after being offline for a week!

Hello, my dear friend! I am so thankful to be back visiting now after an overwhelmingly busy few months! Thank you for sticking with me. :) Your card is as exquisite as ever... I am enamored with the vibrancy and elegance! That is not an easy combination to pull off so flawlessly. Gorgeous design as always, Donna! Have a beautiful weekend. :)

When I first saw this, I thought "brusho", but then read about the watercoloring. Reading further through the post, aha! It WAS some brusho work! This is just fabulous, and love the play on words with the imagery and the EP you used. Wonderful old S/B die to trim that border, and I forget about using the oldie goldies from S/B. It's so ultra elegant, just right for the celebratory tipple. Today in MB, it's a lovely mid-80's, with a cool, soft breeze. However SIL thought the humidity was getting too much, so closed up and a/c is on. Merry Christmas to you & DH, with very best wishes for a wonderful, healthy 2017. Hope the freeze holds off until we head back north! Hugs, TFS and many thanks for your encouraging friendship...a blessing indeed.

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